Hooman Tafreshi Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NC State University
Engineering Building III (EB3) 4168
Bio
Dr. Hooman Tafreshi is a faculty member in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at NC State University. He also serves as the Associate Director for Research at The Nonwovens Institute. Prior to joining NC State University, Dr. Tafreshi was with the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2007 to 2020, where he worked as assistant, associate, and Qimonda full professor.
Dr. Tafreshi’s research is in the field of thermo-fluids sciences at its interface with material science. His particular research focus is on multiphase fluids and particle/droplet transport through fibrous materials with applications in filtration and separation sciences. This also includes interfacial phenomena and droplet–surface interactions for self-cleaning and drag reduction applications. Dr. Tafreshi is an active member of the American Filtration and Separation (AFS) Society and also serves on the editorial board of Separation and Purification Technology journal.
More detailed information about Dr. Tafreshi’s past and current research activities can be found on his Porous Media and Multiphase Flow (PMMF) Laboratory website.
Publications
- Matlab implementation of pore morphology method for modeling liquid residue in porous media with heterogeneous wettabilities , Powder Technology (2025)
- Novel quasi-static method to simulate collection efficiency and pressure drop of coalescing filters , JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE (2025)
- A simple approach to simulate corona-charged electret filters , JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE (2024)
- Accuracy of the Pore Morphology Method in Modeling Fluid Saturation in 3D Fibrous Domains , INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH (2024)
- CFD-DEM simulation of air-assisted electrospinning , Chemical Engineering Journal (2024)
- Effects of droplet deposition on aerosol capture efficiency of bipolarly charged fibers , Soft Matter (2024)
- The impact of particle deposition on collection efficiency of electret fibers , JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE (2024)
- The role of 3D electrostatic field in modeling the electrospinning process , JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS (2024)
- Toward formulating coalescence filtration: Characterizing wetting saturation via centrifugal force , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW (2024)
- Designing Multi-Layer electret filters via numerical simulation , CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE (2023)